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Friday, 8 July 2016

Suicide bomber kills six inside Mosque in Borno

The military has revealed that six people were killed on
Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a mosque in Damboa. Army
spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said the attack happened at about 5:15 am (0415
GMT) in the town of Damboa, Borno state.

He blamed the attack on "two Boko Haram terrorists".

"The first suicide bomber targeted Damboa Central Mosque but
due to stringent security measures he could not gain entry. Obviously
frustrated, he exploded and died near the central mosque," he added.

"However, the second bomber veered off and gained entry into
another smaller mosque and detonated the bomb, killing himself and six
other worshippers and injuring one other person.

"The wounded have been evacuated to a hospital while efforts
are on to clear the rubble. Troops and other security agencies have been
mobilised to the area."

Usman said suspected Boko Haram fighters also attacked the
village of Gaskeri, near the sprawling internally displaced people’s camp at
Dalori, outside Maiduguri, on Thursday night.

"They killed three civilian vigilantes and looted
foodstuffs. Troops have been mobilised and they are on the suspected
terrorists’ trail," he added.